US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on July 28 for "System and apparatus for detecting catheters relative to introducers" (Virginia, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,780, issued on July 28, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"System and apparatus for detecting catheters relative to introducers" was invented by Ryan K. Buesseler (Bristow, Va.), Troy T. Tegg (Elk River, Minn.) and Kevin Edmunds (Ham Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for detecting relative positioning of medical devices located within a human body, the apparatus comprising an inner elongate member comprising a plurality of electrodes and a first sensor member, where the first sensor member is located a known distance from each of the plurality of electrodes, and an oute...